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Regulatory Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

José L. Molinuevo  and
Rafael Blesa
José L. Molinuevo
Affiliation:
Unitat Memoria-Alzheimer, Institut Clínic Malalties Sistema Nerviós, Hospital Clínic i Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
Rafael Blesa
Affiliation:
Unitat Memoria-Alzheimer, Institut Clínic Malalties Sistema Nerviós, Hospital Clínic i Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

Any medical decision generates consequences for the patient and for society. Medical practice should, therefore, be performed under the guidance of the following ethical principles: beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice, integrity, dignity, and vulnerability. The overarching objective of clinical research is to develop knowledge to improve health, and the subjects who participate are the means to securing such knowledge. Clinical research, as part of medical practice, should be ruled by the same ethical principles.

Keywords

Dementiaethical principlesautonomybeneficenceinformed consentcompetence
Type
REGULATORY ISSUES: ACADEMIC VIEWPOINTS
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 15 , Issue S1 , July 2003 , pp. 283 - 286
Copyright
© 2003 International Psychogeriatric Association

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